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2gether (CNBLUE album)
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2gether is the second studio album by South Korean pop rock idol band CNBLUE. It was released on September 14,2015, under FNC Entertainment, after ending domestic promotions for Cant Stop, the band concentrated on individual activities, most notably, frontman Jung Yong-hwa released his debut solo album One Fine Day in January. The remaining band members sought out opportunities in television, particularly in acting, variety show appearances, in August 2015, it was announced that CNBLUE would release its second studio album after an absence lasting one year and seven months. After a series of photo and video teasers, the album, 2gether was met with generally favorable reviews, particularly for the bands pursuit of electronic elements. The album went on to top the Gaon Album Chart in its week of its release. The band embarked on the 2015 CNBLUE Live Come Together concert tour, which stops in South Korea, China. After ending domestic promotions for its fifth mini-album Cant Stop, CNBLUE pursued individual activities, frontman Jung Yong-hwa released his debut solo studio album One Fine Day in January and embarked on an Asian tour. Guitarist Lee Jong-hyun played the role of a character in KBS2s Orange Marmalade. Drummer Kang Min-hyuk took part in MBCs I Live Alone and KBS2s sports variety show Our Neighborhood Arts, bassist Lee Jung-shin was an MC for SBS Pluss Fashion King, Secret Box and Mnets music chart show M Countdown. On August 24,2015, it was announced that the band would release its second album in September. Four days later, it was revealed that the album was titled 2gether and had a set date of September 14, one year. CNBLUE began developing songs for 2gether in midst of writing songs for Cant Stop, while staying at a hotel in Japan during the bands Arena Tour 2013, One More Time, bassist Lee sought out to write a song. Jung assigned him and Kang to do it together, after listening to the melody of Control, after discussing it between themselves, Kang and Lee agreed to write a song with the notion that no one can control me. Initially written in Korean, the two faced difficulties in translating the song into English, with the assistance of Jung, the translations and lyrics were completed, Kang and Lee were left uncredited. The song was intended to be included on Cant Stop. Jung cited the space on the release, as well as the different atmosphere the song had in comparison to the other songs for its omission. He decided to add it to the bands Japanese single Go Your Way, the lyrics were rewritten in Korean by the bassist for its inclusion on 2gether, marking the first song to be credited under his name since the debut of the band. Radio was previously recorded in Japanese for CNBLUEs album Wave, which was re-recorded in Korean for inclusion on 2gether, Footsteps, originally titled Heart Song and included in its Japanese single Truth, was also rewritten in Korean

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2NE1
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2NE1 was a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment in 2009. First appearing in Lollipop, a campaign with Big Bang for LG Electronics. Since then, the group has released two extended plays, 2NE1 and 2NE1, and two studio albums, To Anyone and Crush. Their first EP spawned the number-one single I Dont Care, which won them the Song of the Year award at the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards. Their follow-up singles, such as Go Away, Lonely and I Am the Best, were similarly successful, 2NE1 officially debuted in Japan in September 2011 with a Japanese version of their second EP, titled Nolza. Since then, the group has released one album, Collection. In 2012, The New York Times named 2NE1s performance at the Prudential Center in New Jersey as one of the Best Concerts of 2012, in October 2012, Zack Greenburg of Forbes magazine noted that 2NE1 has sold 27 million digital downloads. The youngest member, Minzy, officially left the group on April 5,2016 and it was revealed that although CL and Dara would remain signed to YG Entertainment, Park Bom did not have her contract renewed. Their final single Good Bye was released on January 21,2017, 2NE1 was first mentioned by South Korean press in late 2004. Both Spicas Bohyung and Fiestars Linzy were trainees alongside the 2NE1 members, however, they were eliminated before debut. YG Entertainment formally announced in early 2009 that the group would consist of four members, the company stated that the group had trained for four years, and that their debut album would contain songs produced by 1TYMs leader Teddy Park. The groups name was announced as 21, however, due to the discovery of a singer with the same name. The name, pronounced in Korean to approximate English as To Anyone or Twenty One, combines the phrases 21st century, in collaboration with Big Bang, 2NE1s first CF song, Lollipop, was digitally released on March 27,2009. The song was created for LG to promote their Cyon phone, the music video was released on March 28. Lollipop was not a single because it was an advertisement. 2NE1s debut song, Fire, was released on May 6, the song was written and produced by 1TYMs Teddy Park, and contained elements of hip-hop and reggae. Its music video had two versions — a space version and a street version, within the first 24 hours of release, the videos each received over one million views. The group held their first performance of Fire on May 17 on SBSs Inkigayo, 2NE1 also launched their first reality show, 2NE1TV to assist the group in their debut promotions

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4Minute
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4Minute was a five-member South Korean girl group formed in 2009 by Cube Entertainment with music singles and albums released primarily in South Korea and Japan. The members of the group were Nam Ji-hyun, Heo Ga-yoon, Jeon Ji-yoon, Kim Hyun-a, the group debuted in June 2009 with its first single, Hot Issue, and in December 2010, it released its first Japanese album, Diamond. In 2011, the group released its first Korean full-length album, the group received the Bonsang Award at the 20th Seoul Music Awards, and the Kpop New Artist Award at the 2010 Billboard Japan Music Awards. In 2016, Cube Entertainment announced the disbandment of 4Minute after unsuccessful contract renewal negotiation with the majority of the members. On May 14, Cube Entertainment announced the formation of a girl group, called 4Minute. Prior to the announcement, the group was unofficially called the Hyuna group. The next member, Nam Ji-hyun, was revealed on May 22, the remaining members were announced the following day. 4Minute released its first single, Hot Issue, on June 15, on June 21, the groups van was raided by fans, who stole clothing and other items. Cube Entertainment said, It was very unfortunate that such an ordeal occurred, on August 20, the group released its first mini-album called For Muzik along with its second single, Muzik. The song won an Inkigayo Mutizen award, on August 27, South Korean radio and television network KBS banned the playing of Wont Give You for what they considered to be overly sexual lyrical content. The lyrics in question, in the style of a first-person narrative, Cube Entertainment responded to the ban by stating that the song was intended to be about the pure feelings of a girl to a guy and that they were very disappointed by the decision. On October 15, the single What a Girl Wants was released, on December 2, 4Minute, with Korean singers Mario and Amen, released the Christmas song Jingle Jingle. The group recorded a remix with American artist Amerie for her song Heard em All which was part of the Asian version of her fourth album, the song featured Korean rapper Jun Hyung of label mate Beast. On January 5,2010, it was announced that the Universal Music Group would be assisting 4Minute with a launch of its album. The group toured Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, and Hong Kong On May 5, the group debuted Muzik as a Japanese single, the single reached number 21 on the Oricon weekly singles chart. On May 19, 4Minute released a mini-album entitled Hit Your Heart, the single featured fellow label mates Beast, who rapped during song Whos Next. HuH peaked at number 3 on the Gaon Singles Chart, on July 19, the song Superstar was digitally released for the Korean TV show Superstar K2. On October 27, the song was released, in December, 4Minute held Japanese concerts 4Minute Energy Live Volume 2, Diamond in Tokyo and Osaka

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2PM
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2PM is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. K, Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung, former leader Jay Park officially left the group in early 2010. The members of 2PM started when Korean musician Park Jin-young formed a band known as One Day. Eventually the band was split into 2PM and a similar but independent group known as 2AM, 2PM debuted with the song 10 Jeom Manjeome 10 Jeom, which showcased their acrobatic dance styles. They achieved their first number 1 single with Again & Again, both singles featured on their first studio album, The First Album 1, 59PM, released in 2009. The band went on to release another Korean album, known as Hands Up and they made their Japanese debut later that year with Republic of 2PM. After more than a year, the returned in 2013 with their third studio album Grown. In early September 2014, 2PM returned with their studio album Go Crazy. On 15 June 2015, 2PM made a comeback with their studio album No.5. After much anticipation 2PM returned on 13 September 2016 with their studio album Gentlemens Game. The members of 2PM all auditioned to become part of JYP Entertainment, some members already had experience in the entertainment industry, including Jun. K, who had won several singing competitions, ok Taecyeon, Lee Junho and Hwang Chansung had participated in the show SuperStar Survival. Originally, the members of 2PM were part of a group known as One Day. A documentary called Hot Blood Men captured the groups training days, in this documentary, former member Jaebeom finished at the top spot and received the most fan votes. It also featured the elimination of three trainees from the group, Lee Swichi, Jeong Jinwoon, and Yoon Doo-joon were all cut, however, Jinwoon replaced Im Daehun upon the latters withdrawal. By the end of the process, One Day had been reduced to an eleven-member group. The band was split into four-member ballad group 2AM and seven-member hip-hop group 2PM. While most Korean boy bands at the time adopted a pretty boy image, 2PM constructed a tough, by emphasizing their masculine images, 2PM created the jimseung-dol phenomenon in 2008

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(Drop Dead) Beautiful
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Beautiful is a song recorded by American singer Britney Spears for her seventh studio album Femme Fatale. It features guest vocals from American singer Sabi, the song was written by Jeremy Coleman, Joshua Coleman, Esther Dean, Mathieu Jomphe and Benjamin Levin. Beautiful received mixed reviews from music critics, who deemed it as one of the best offerings of the album. The performance consists of Spears singing and dancing to the song while her dancers are carrying picture frames, Sabi performed the song with Spears in selected cities. Spears spoke to V about the sessions for Femme Fatale, commenting that she had been recording the album for two years. During the recording sessions, the singer contacted songwriter Ester Dean in 2009, after receiving a demo of the song Drop It Low, the song, however, was later released as Deans debut single. Spears then recorded two songs co-written by Dean for Femme Fatale, Beautiful was written by Dean, Jeremy Coleman, Joshua Coleman, Mathieu Jomphe, and Benjamin Levin, while being produced by Blanco, Ammo, JMIKE, and Billboard. It features American recording artist Sabi, Spears first heard about Sabi after listening to songs from The Bangz, an old music group the latter participated. Sabi explained that, after she was asked to collaborate with Spears, although both singers worked with producer Benny Blanco in studio on Beautiful, Spears recorded her vocals for the song before Sabi, who actually raps on the track. The latter also revealed she felt lucky and honored because Spears does not do features often, while commenting that its just pretty crazy, I mean, I grew up watching Britney Spears. All my friends watched Britney Spears and we even had a routine to that we were gonna perform, like, so its a dream come true. Never did I ever think that Id be in the mix with Britney, I have always wanted to feature a new artist on one of my albums and she is really cool. A small teaser of the song was unveiled by the singer on March 7,2011, four days later, it leaked in full online, along with another Femme Fatale track, Inside Out. On August 5,2011, Spears posted a poll on her Facebook page asking fans whether her next single should be Criminal, after the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, she revealed to MTV News that Criminal was chosen as the fourth single. Beautiful is a party song with a club beat. Spears references The Notorious B. I. G. s hit Hypnotize in Beautiful in the line You must be B. I. G. because you got me Hypnotized, Spears vocals on Beautiful were deemed as robotic, but similar to the ones of Oops. Jocelyn Vena of MTV noted the singer uses her vocals in lines such as And, yeah, your body looks so sick, I think I caught the flu. Beautiful received mixed reviews from music critics

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2 Different Tears
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2 Different Tears is the international extended play by South Korean girl group, the Wonder Girls. The title track was written and produced by J. Y. Park and it was simultaneously released on May 15,2010 in English, Korean and Chinese. It was the first release to member Hyelim who replaced former member, Sunmi, also, EP contained 2009 English version of their number one single Nobody. 2 Different Tears continues the theme of the Wonder Girls, including the 1980s inspired Tell Me. The concept was created by Sohee and Yubin who describe it as a sophisticated and mature. The music uses similar to the Hustle. The lyrics speak about remembering a lost love, stylistically, the Wonder Girls used a retro 1980s denim look to promote the song as shown on the single cover and in the accompanying music video. The single release included the English versions of previous singles So Hot and Tell Me and as well as remixes of the title track. After the singles release in Korea, the Wonder Girls embarked on their North American tour, EP was released in United States for digital download via iTunes Store on May 15,2010. Following day, it was released worldwide and physically in South Korea. In June 2010, it was released physically in China and in August 2010 in Philippines through MCA Music and it was promoted with Wonder Girls World Tour. The music video was directed by Jang Jae-hyeok, who had collaborated with the group on videos Irony, So Hot. The video was filmed in Korean, English, and Chinese, the video parodies the classic American television series Charlies Angels. The group members wear 1980s inspired clothing, make-up and hairstyles, the single debuted on South Koreas Gaon Single Chart at number one for the week ending May 22,2010. 2 Different Tears stayed at the top of the chart for three weeks until it was replaced by IU and Seulongs Nagging on June 6,2010. By the end of 2010, the single had sold 2,790,298 digital copies and 28,594 physical copies, becoming the sixth best-seller of the year in the country. In the United States, the failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 however the album placed at number 21 on the Heatseekers Albums chart on July 7,2010. In Canada,2 Different Tears debuted at number 6 on the Canadian Singles Chart on May 20,2010, all tracks are in English unless otherwise specified

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4: The Remix
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4, The Remix is an extended play by American R&B singer Beyoncé, released through Columbia Records on April 23,2012. Prior to the release of the play, Beyoncé organised a remix competition for her then-upcoming single End of Time. The remix was chosen by a panel and the winner of the competition was Radzimir Jimek Dębski. After its release, the EP debuted on the UK R&B Albums Chart at number twenty-eight and it also appeared on Billboards component charts, Dance/Electronic Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at number eleven and number thirty respectively. Preceding its release, a competition for the song began in association with audio sharing site SoundCloud. On April 17, Radzimir Jimek Dębski from Poland was announced as the winner in a press release. On April 17,2012, the release of the extended play titled 4, The Remix, along with its cover artwork. The album consists of six remixes of songs from Beyoncés fourth studio album,4,4, The Remix debuted on the UK R&B Albums Chart at number twenty-eight and number forty-four on the UK Budget Albums for the week of May 5,2012. For the issue of Billboard dated May 12,2012,4, The Remix debuted at eleven on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Writing credits for the songs are taken from the booklet of 4, denotes co-producer Credits for 4, The Remix, taken from the liner notes of the EP